Ok...from my research I have found that most think that Michael Smith of Rathergate and this Michael Smith are two separate guys. But the coincidences are getting weirder...check this out: You'd think having such a unique typewriter Killian would have used a less easily traceable model for his devastating ''CYA'' memo. Also, he might have chosen a font other than Times New Roman, designed for the Times of London in the 1930s and not licensed to Microsoft by Rupert Murdoch (the Times' owner) until the 1980s.
1) There was a journalist named Michael Smith involved.
2) The memo was copied, retyped and the original burned.
In Killian, the memo was retyped on a computer rather than an old typewriter (that is how they got caught). In DSM, the memo was typed on a old typewriter rather than a computer. The Killian memo was written in a font specifically designed for the London Times. The London Times reported the DSM story.
Not to mention the fact that the Yellowcake memo (also forged) story was bumped by CBS for the Killian memo story (per my post #163). The perp in the Yellowcake memo was revealed by the London Times and CBS flew him to NY to interview him. Joe Wilson was involved in Yellowcake and is now involved in the DSM story.
It's just plain weird.